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CHAPTER I

CONFESSIONOr d. , fr.m G RANT 'S FAI TH CL INI C

I took my tent to Waxahachie, Texas, to hold a city-wide revival. Hundreds of students came to the revivalfrom Southwestern Bible Institute. Some of the stu-dents knew more than one language. I did not knowone language very well.

After the meeting had been going about a weekone of the students asked to talk to me a few minutes.He said he had a confession to make to me. He told methat he had ben talking about me to some people, andcriticizing me. Of course, I told him that was all right.He asked me to forgive him. But how could I forgivehim when I did not hold anything against him?

It was not I that he should have asked to forgivehim, since I did not know anything about it. It wasthe ones he had talked to that he should have con-fessed his faults to, and asked them to forgive him.

I Apologizedto a man whom I had made light of before I wassaved. I had mocked him. We went from place to placeand had mockery services. I mocked this dear brotherand testified like he did.

People told me that I had to ask his forgiveness formocking him. I believed what the people told me. SinceI believed I had to confess to him before I could staysaved. I prayed until I was willing to go tell him whatI had done. Since I believed it was necessary for meto tell him what I had done in order to stay saved.I went to him and told him everything, because I

wanted to stay saved. Therefore, I would have givenup the Lord had I not have done so.But really, since the Brother did not know anything

about what I had done, or how I had mocked him, itwas not necessary for me to have gone to him. I shouldhave asked the ones who knew about it to forgive me.

What happened was this: God had not condemnedme for not going to the man. The people condemned mesince they told me I had to go tell him everything.I believed them. So I condemned myself.

"Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that

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something happened. He was delivered. Somethingtook place then.

Judas confessed his sins to the priest, but he didnot confess to God. He was not delivered. He went toperdit ion. He committed suicide.

"Saying, 1 have sinned in that 1 have betrayed theinnocent blood ... " (Matt. 4).

Thousands of people today confess their sins toman, but that is as far as they have gone. They havenever confessed personally to the Lord and receivedforgiveness.

Saul confessed to Samuel, but he never honestlycame clean with God and confessed personally to Him.He did not get on speaking terms with God. He retainedhis rebellion and stubbornness.

"And Saul said unto Samuel, 1 have sinned: for 1have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, andthy. words: because 1 feared the people, and obeyed

their voice."Now therefore, 1 pray thee, pardon my sin and

turn again with me, that 1 may worship the Lord"(1 Sam. 15:24-25).

Saul wanted to be restored to his office and his jobbut we see in the rest of the story that Saul neve;mad: .thing~ right with the Lord. He was bound bya suicide spirit ami took his own life (I Sam. 31 :4).The Bible plainly states that he had gotten to theplace that God answered him no more (1 Sam. 28 :6).

Pray Directly to GodHe will hear you. Talk to Him. We have one God

and one ~ediator betwen God and man (I Tim. 2 :5).He ev~r liveth t.omake intercession for us (Heb. 7 :25).Jesus IS our priest that can be touched with the feel-ings of our infirmities (Heb. 4: 15). Confess your sinsto God in His name.

David prayed like this:"Against thee, thee only, have I sinned and done

this evil in thy sight ... " (Ps. 51 :4). 'When David prayed directly to the Lord it did some

good. He said the Lord forgave all his iniquities andhealed all his diseases.

When Peter came back to the Lord he went directlyto Him. He didn't confess to the church or to the

thing which he alloweth" (Rom. 14 :22).Here is the

Rule Jesus Laid Down:"Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and

there rememberest that thy brother hast oughtagainst thee;

"Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thyway; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then comeand offer thy gift." (Matt. 5 :23-24).

When the Waxahachie boy that talked about mewas at the altar he did not remember that I had any-thing against him, for 1 did not. When I started topray to God 1 could not remember that the man Italked about had anything against me, for he knewnothing about what I had done.

Instead of making the poor brother feel badly, andadding more burdens to what he already had, I shouldnot have said anything to him if 1 could not have saidsomething good. He needed positive talk and not neg-ative talk. He had lots of confidence in me even before

I was saved. What I did could have affected him twoways: He could have grown discouraged and havelistened to the enemy who tried to get him not totestify. He could have reasoned that if I were thatkind of boy I could do it again sometime. He knew allthese folks 1 had mockery services with would stilldo such.

Confess To GodIf my grocer has charged me a bill of forty dollars

I would not pay the hardware man. If 1 did I'm surethe grocer would not mark the bill paid which lowehim. The grocer is the man whom I should pay, notthe druggist or the hardware man.

If you have wronged God and sinned against HimI'm sure He will not forgive you if you try to get byin confessing your sins to the preacher, the deacon,the sister, or your neighbor. You must confess to theone who you have wronged. Confess to the one whohold something against you. Make it right with them.

Jonah first tried to get by with confessing his sinsto men. That only carried him farther down. He wascast into the ocean and went down to the bottom. Butwhen he became willing to confess his sins to God

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cursed. Then he became so sorry that he confessed hismule's sins. He blamed his mule. He told the Lordthat his mule made him curse. But he received nothingfrom the Lord until he acknowledged his guilt to theLord.

Some people blame the cow. Some blame the chil-dren. Others blame the devil. But no one is to blamebut you. Confess to GOQ that you are to blame, if youwant to get somewhere.

One time in a "confession meeting" in Oklahomatwo old women pointed their finger in each other'sface and confessed each other's sins. That did nothelp. That made things worse. They got things back-wards; they should have been confessing their own sins.

If you receive forgiveness from the Lord you mustforgive your sister or your brother (Matt. 6 :14). Thenif you mention the old trouble to them anymore youhave not forgiven them. That makes you a liar anda hypocrite.

preacher, or to anyone else. He was forgiven, restored,and was used by the Lord to point thousands to theright way.

Must we do the same? Must we do as Peter, Davidand others? The Bible says for us to do so.

" ... As 1 live said the Lord, every knee shall bowto me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

"So then every one of us shall give an account of

himself to God" (Rom. 14: 11-12).You have a tongue. "Everyone" means you.You will either do it here or at the judgment. It will

do no good there. You will receive forgiveness here ifyou confess directly to God and really mean it fromyour heart .

You confess to God, not to man. If you insult me,ask me to forgive you. If you insult the Lord ask Himto forgive you.

You give an account of yourself to God. You do nothave to give an account to the preacher, the deacon,

sister, or anyone but God.You don't have to give an account of the hypocrite,the deacon, for the sins of anyone else.

Confess Your Own Sins

When the Lord came and asked Adam about hissins he blamed his wife and confessed her sins. That didnot help him or her. It did not help her for Adam toconfess her sins to God.

You can confess your wife's sins all day and allnight; you will get nowhere with the Lord. You can

confess the neighbor's sins. You can tell the Lordabout the brother's sin, but that will not help you.Confess the sins of the church, town, the govern-

ment, the school, the neighbors but you will get no-where until you confess your own sins to God.

Eve confessed the devil's sins, but that convertedneither her nor the devil. (Gen. 3 :13).

One time Elijah became discouraged. He said hewas the only one who was living right. He confessedhis brothers' sins. He said all people had stopped liv-ing right but himself. But God told him that He hadseven thousand more people living right. (I Kings19:18).

1 know one preacher that became so mad that he

Say, "I am wrong"

That is hard for a human to say.Tell your wife that you are wrong, if you have

wronged her. If you have wronged the Lord tell Himthat you are wrong, that you are sorry. To anyonethat you have wronged go direct to them, not to others,and tell them you are sorry, if he knows about it, andholds it against you.

Don't justify yourself.Jacob would not confess that he was wrong until

he wrestled with the Lord all night. Finally, just be-fore break of day, he confessed his name to the Lordand received the victory! (Gen. 32 :28). He could havedone that without waiting so long if he had been will-ing to do so. .

The reason that Saul did not receive forgiveness forhis sins was he justified himself. When Samuel askedhim why he had disobeyed the Lord he told him thathe saved the king alive and saved the cattle for sacri-fice. (I Sam. 15).

That is the reason the Pharisee did not receive any-thing from the Lord. He justified himself and con-demned the Publican .

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and make things right. It' you have sinned againstyour neighbor ask your neighbor to forgive you. If youhave sinned against the preacher ask the preacher toforgive you. If you have sinned against the churchask the church to forgive you. If you have sinnedagainst the Lord ask the Lord to forgive you. Confessto whom you have wronged, whether it is your par-ents, your wife, your husband, your children, or yourneighbor.

Don' t Confess Your GoodnessYour righteousness is filthy rags in the sight of

the Lord (Isa. 64 :6). Some people tell the Lord howgood they have been. They tell how wonderful theirdad and mother were. They tell about their grand-father, grandmother, and their relatives.

It is not what we have done that saves us. It iswhat He has done.

If we confess our sins He is faithful and just toforgive. It must be our sins and not the sins of others.We must not confess our goodness, but our sins.

One of my best friends sat in a chair and asked meto pray that God would deliver him from cravingtobacco. He saw several others delivered, so he decidedhe wanted to be delivered.

I asked him if he thought it was wrong to smoke.He said that he did not see anything wrong with it.

"Then I won't pray for you," I said. I sent him onhis way. Why didn't I pray for him? It would havedone no good.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just toforgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un-righteousness." (I John 1:9).

The Two LawyersI was told that two lawyers went, during the horse

and buggy days, to an old fashioned brush arbor tomake fun of the meeting. Both men became convictedof their sins and went to the altar to be saved. Oneman was saved, but the other was not.

Going home that night one man said to the other,"Why didn't I get saved? I prayed as hard as you andI received nothing. I prayed as long as you. I was inearnest as. much as you were. I plead my case, plead,my case, and plead my case, and I received nothing."

"That is where you missed it," said the otherlaywer: "You should have plead guilty. Then you wouldhave received something."

Many people plead their goodness to the Lord. Thosepeople the Lord can do nothing with until they con-fess their badness."

A Time To Confess To PeopleIf you go to the altar and remember that yourbrother has something against you, then go to him

Public Confession

Many churches have been almost ruined by so-called"public confession meetings." People stand up in publicand confess their secret thoughts, weaknesses andtemptations. They are glorifying the devil and shouldnot do so. That will get the church nowhere; it is areproach!

If you have made a mistake and gone into sin pleasedo not come to the altar and confess it openly if noone knows about it. People will have less confidence

in the church and the keeping power of the Lord.Every time some people are overcome by the devil,

and go into sin, they walk up the aisle and go to thealtar, or the prayer room, and tell the whole publicabout it. That is the wrong thing to do if the publicdoesn't know about it. If you have sinned privately,confess to the Lord privately. If you have sinnedagainst your wife, and she knows about it, settle thingswith your wife and then ask the Lord to forgive you.If you have sinned against the church and the churchknows about it then you may ask the church to forgive

you, not before the sinners. If you have sinned andthe public knows it, then you may make a public con-fession. Since you cannot go to all people and ask themto forgive you make a public confession and be bap-tized as a testimony to the world that you are chang-ing their way and walking in newness of life.

Some people think it a virtue to stand and confesshow sorry they are at each public gathering. They domuch harm to the church. The church would be betteroff without them.

Some testify like this:

"I fail God every day; pray that I will hold outfaithfully."

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would go to prrson. ;:;0 he went on in sin for abouttwenty-five more years! Look at the souls that arenow in hell that he could have won to God had heturned to God when he first went to the altar. Howcould the merchant forgive my brother if he had noth-ing against him?

Should my brother make restitution? I'll answer that

later in this book.A Pastor's Wife Sinner

"I have my ups and downs; more downs than ups.""The devil has been after me all day; bless his name.""I have been in the harness of God for twenty years;

but 1 have broken more backing straps that traces."Such testimonies destroy confidence in God and

the church.

Wrong ConfessionsWrong confessions uncover sins which have been

forgiven and buried. That raises a stink. The Biblesays, "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered" (Ps. 32:1). Your sin must be cov-ered by the blood of Jesus.

Scme sincere Christian women held some prayermeetings in a community one time. They taught a manmust confess everything that he had ever done tohis wife he could be right with the Lord,regardless of whether she knew about what he haddone or not. They told him that he must confess allsecret sins to his wife before he could receive the

Holy Ghost. One wanted the Holy Ghost, so he toldhis wife what he had done. She backslid and he stilldid not receive the Holy Ghost.

His wife became possessed with the devil and be-came so hateful that she tried to kill him. She wouldnot go to church, and tried to get him not to go. Sheburned his clothes and his religious literature. Shewould not let her children go to Sunday School. Manyyears went by; she grew worse all the time. She wouldslip into his room while he was sleeping and try to cuthis throat with a butcher-knife. Finally after many

years of torment he could live with her no longer.He and the children left home. The home was broken-all because of wrong teaching! Since she did notknow about his secret he was treating her wrong byputting this extra burden upon her mind and heart.This is how wrong teaching about confession can sendpeople to torment.

My Brother Was Taught WrongWhen my brother was about twelve or fourteen years

old he went to the altar to be saved. Someone told himthat he would have to confess to breaking into a storeand taking some cigarettes before he could be saved.He was afraid of his daddy. He was afraid that he

Recently in a certain town the pastor's wife in anhour of weakness yielded to temptation and went withanother man. She was persuaded to commit an immoralsin. Later she bitterly repented of this wrong. He hus-band was in a foreign country.

Another preacher who was taking care of the churchwas a lady. The pastor's wife confided in her, told herabout it, and said she was sorry. This preacher ladygave her the wrong advise. She told her that she wouldhave to confess it to her husband and the whole churchbefore she could be right. She told her she would haveto tell this other man's wife all about it.

This poor pastor's wife wanted to be right with Godmore than anything else in the world. So she told theman's wife about it. The man's wife refused to forgiveher, though she lay at her feet sobbing with tears ofrepentance. The man who led her wrong turned againsther. When she confessed it openly to the church thepeople all turned against her. Many people backslid.The good church was wrecked. When she told her hus-band he turned against her and used it as groundsfor divorce. He has lost his good church, left thattown, and running after another woman. 1 cannotexplain how the children feel about the whole thing.Will they ever serve the Lord? This pastor's wife hasher faith destroyed.

Many good, sincere people can't see that this pastor'swife could have repented and confessed to God alone,as no one else had anything against her. Therefore,people could not forgive her if they had nothing againsther in the first place. If you go to the altar and remem-ber that someone has something against you then youmust make it right with them.

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Conditions in his home were not as they should havebeen, but that did not justify him in doing this wrong.

After this happened he was determined to get rightwith God. He went to his wife and told her every-thing. He confessed to his church. That was not rightto do his wife or the young converts that way. His chil-dren were not treated fairly.

This was not enough. He was told that he must goconfess it to his presbyter, his general superintendentand all the brethren. In return, instead of forgiving himthey took his papers and turned him out of the move-ment. It has been told all over the nation. Why couldnot that poor pastor, who has given up everything;his church, wife, and the Lord; have gone to the Lordand confessed, since no one else had anything againsthim? How can you make things right with anyone whoholds nothing against you?

I have a cousin who stole some hogs. Afterwardshe was saved. He confessed it all to the Lord. When heconfessed it to the law they put him in the state prison.He stayed there about twenty years. They almost beathim to death. How dumb and ignorant can some folkbe?

I Dealt With A Couplejust the other night. They told me their trouble pri-vately. A man had stepped out and went with anotherwoman one night. He was told he would have to confesseverything to his good wife before he could be right.He wanted above everything to be right, so he toldher. Immediately, she lost confidence in him and allChristians! A spirit of imagination took hold of her

which she can't resist. When a woman comes into thechurch she imagines that her husband is thinkingabout her. She is in constant torment. He is living inhell although he has prayed through. She accuses himnight and day! She wants to be set free but does notseem to be able to stay free. I say that it was not fairto her to tell her all this, since she was already weak.There is no use in both living in hell the rest of theirlives.

Mr. W. is a Christian man. He said that a lady triedto get him to step aside with her. He resisted. He said

that this lady was a close friend to his wife. I heardhim say that he would not dare tell his wife about theincident, because it would destroy confidence in herbest friend and in the church. So his wife is still happyand is not tormented night and day, as she could havebeen had this husband acted unwisely and told hiswife what happened.

An Evangelist Stepped AsideHe had been taught all his life that he must confess

everything to his wife before he could be righ.t Hecarne home and told his innocent wife all about it.

This torments her night and day. She feels that shemust do the same thing to get even with her husband.She is now seeking a chance to do the same thing forspite. It has almost wrecked their ministry. She washaving enough trouble. She was carrying a heavy loadalready, as much as she could carry. Why would helay a heavy load upon her that she was not able tocarry? You can multiply that by several thousand andhave a dim idea of how mixed-up people' are becauseof wrong teaching.

A Pastor SinnedTemptations became so strong month after month

until one day in an hour of weakness he stepped aside.

You Must Be Willing

to do anything. If there is one thing you are not willingto do then you cannot be saved.

One time Abraham was told by the Lord to go upon the mountain and offer his own son as a sacrifice.When he became willing to do this God accepted it asdone. Then he was alright in God's sight.

I heard that a man's servant told him to go to thepig pen to pray every day.

"I'd never do that," said the man."You will have to if you ever receive the Holy

Ghost," said the servant.The man would not go to the pig pen. He did not

receive the Holy Ghost.One day he became so hungry for the Holy Ghost

that he said, "Well, I'm ready to go to the pig penthis morning."

"You can receive the Holy Ghost anywhere now,"

said the servant. "You did not have to go. You hadto be willing to go."

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She has won her husband to the Lord. His people set:the light. They have some wonderful girls who arewonderful moral people, with confidence in theirmother.

The grace of God covered this sin. I am so glad thatI gave her this advice. I could have told her some-thing that would have wrecked her life, and the livesof many more people for years to come, that would havebroken her heart and her home. Now her sins are underthe blood. The Lord does not hold them against her.It would not have been fair to have unloaded all thison innocent people who had enough trouble. I'm sureher husband would rather not have known about this.The advise I gave her probably saved her life, herhusband's life, the man's life who trapped her, andmany many souls as well!

Nothing Impossible With God

What is impossible with man is possible with God.There is no problem that does not have a solution.

We were in a tent revival. I was making the altarcall. About one hundred and fifty people came forwardto be saved that night. My eyes fell upon a lady inthe audience, near the front, and I could not help feel-ing sorry for her as I looked at her expression. She wasdeeply under conviction. The Spir it of God was dealingwith her very strongly. I felt led to go to her andtalk to her. While the people were praying I slippedoff the platform and went.

"What is the matter with you 1" I asked."There is no use in telling you," she said as she

looked down at the saw dust. "I can't be saved. It isimpossible."

Why was God convicting her if it were impossible?Why did I feel led of the Lord to go to her? Why wasHis Spirit striving with a lady when it was impossiblefor her to be saved?

"Tell me your trouble," I demanded."There is no use. Nothing can be done. My case is

impossible," she insisted.I told her there was a solution, that I would never

tell to anyone her trouble. I told her she could trustme. I would not be fit to be called a minister if Icould not keep her secret, if I told anyone who she was.

Recently I was talking to a minister who was thepastor of a large church. He was a Juvenile Delinquentbefore he was saved. He was not willing to go andtell people what he had done. So he could not besaved. But one day he became willing and said thathe would go and confess. Then he was saved. Godaccepts a willing mind as if you had done the act.(II Cor. 8 :12).

God is still sovereign, He reserve the right to haveyou go and confess something to someone, if He seesthat He can get glory out of it, or cause someone tobe saved. He can do what He wants to. But you can'tput Him in a straight jacket and make Him do thesame way to everyone. You must not run everyonethrough the same cookie-cutter and say they must alldo like one man did. God can give us a word of wisdomand guidance in each case.

Right Confessions

While my wife and I were pastoring a church a fineyoung Christian lady stepped aside. She came to usbitterly repenting the very next day. She said that aman approached her in a way that she yielded to sin.Her husband, who was an unbeliever was in UncleSam's Army and across the water. All his folks hatedthe full gospel church and all the members, it seemed.They were strong unbelievers. She asked if she couldreceive forgiveness,

It was a very important decision to make, but afterearnestly praying for God to give me a word of wisdomand the leading of the Spirit I slowly began to talk

to her in the presence of my wife."Your husband is an unbeliever. His folks are fight-

ers. He is in the army and does not know anythingabout it. You don't know that he is not guilty of thesame thing. To tell him means much. It means thathis confidence is destroyed in you. It means that theconfidence of the church is at stake. It means that thegeneral public will know it, that his folks will usethat to fight the church. It may be that you will loseyour husband and your children."

The little lady earnestly and sincerely repented. The

next night she was filled with the Holy Ghost! Aftermany years she is still going right on with the Lord.

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She told me that she thought that she was withchild by another man other than her husband. It washer husband's best friend, whom he trusted and hadconfidence in, who had been his best chum.

I told her there was no case too hard with God. Itold her to never tell it unless God led her to do so,since it might lead to murder, suicide, and a brokenhome. She could not undo anything by making things

worse. There were some things which could not beundone.

I told her that I would help her pray that God wouldhelp her work it out the best way.

She came forward and confessed everything to God.She was saved, sanctified, and filled with the HolyGhost. I left her as a soul-winner praying for others,believing that God would work things out for the best.She was thankful a thousand times that she did notdo as hundreds of others, go and take her own life.

If you kill a man you cannot undo it, but you can

be saved. There are other things that cannot be un-done.You cannot find a verse of Scripture a quarter of

an inch long in the New Testament that we must con-fess something to someone and ask their forgivenessif they hold nothing against us.

God Knew His Business

When He convicted a lady in a certain church sometime back. As I made the altar call God showed mea lady in the audience who was deeply under convic-

tion. I was sorry for her, as she looked as though shewere condemned to die. I went to her and asked herto be saved. She said that she could not be save, thatit was impossible. I told her that nothing was impos-sible with the Lord. I prayed hard, silently, that Godwould guide me. I told her that she could trust meperfectly.

She put confidence in me and told me her story.Her own pastor had betrayed her and persuaded her

to go astray. She had confidence in him; his infiuenceoverpowered her! So after she yielded she believed thatshe could never be saved unless she confessed it tothe people. She believed that this would tear up thechurch and the pastor's home. She believed that it

would tear up her home and cause many in the com-munity to be lost as well as both sets of children.She was willing to be lost rather than cause manyothers to be lost.

It was not the pastor who was pastoring the churchwe were in. He was a neighboring pastor who sat inthe audience in our revival, night after night, makingfun of us for having a healing meeting.

He was a "full gospel pastor" who was trying tobe promoted.

You can imagine the weight that lifted from thelady when she learned that she could be saved with-out telling this to everyone and scattering it all overthe country!

We left her saved, and filled with the Holy Ghost,winning souls to the Lord. Many people say it wouldbe impossible for the Lord to save her, but she wassaved anyway!

ManyCases

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I have just left a large church where many peoplewere saved and filled with the Holy Ghost. The pastortold me that he had just talked to one of his memberswho had stepped aside while her husband was in thearmy across the water. The wise pastor advised herto never tell anyone about this. She took his advice.She was saved and filled with the Spirit. She has in-fiuenced her husband and many others to come to Godand still no one knows it, not even the pastor's wife.

Recently I was in a large church where about forty

or more men and women received the Holy Ghosteach night. The pastor told me that he did not thinkthat anything could be done until something was"straightened out." He said he had learned something,though he had been preaching about forty years.

Had he tried to "straighten things out" I supposehe would have torn up the church. Without anyoneconfessing to anyone, without a so-called "public con-fession meeting" many people came to God.

Two of his members had been immoral with eachother. The love of God covered a multitude of sins.

(James 5:20). While others were praying through thisman and woman both came to God and were restoredwithout making a public stir in the church and over

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town. The pastor was about the only one who knew it.Why should they tell the church, of about one thous-and people?

I could relate many more cases of wise and unwiseconfessions. There are thousands of cases I knownothing about. My prayer is that some poor guiltysoul that is bound by darkness, tradition, and super-stitution may be encouraged to see that the love and

grace of God, his mercy, compassion, and the blood ofJesus can cover a multitude of sins. So great is Hislove and grace! You may read these lines and seethat you too can turn to God. He will understand. Heloves you more than I do. He is considerate. He isreasonable!

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and offer thy gift (Matt. 5 :23-24).To know that you are not right with your brother

will hinder your healing. If you don't love your brotherwhom you have seen how can you love God whom youhave not seen. First go and make things right withyour brother, and then come and offer your gift. Hold-ing things against your brother or your sister willhinder you from getting your prayer through to Godand receiving your healmg. Of course, if your brotherhas nothing against you, you do not need to go andtell him all your faults, temptations, and thoughts.He has enough load to carry without you unloadingyour thoughts and faults on him.

QUESTIONS

1. Should not one confess when he is saved?When you are saved you must confess your sins to

the Lord and ask Him for forgiveness. If someone

has something against you make things right with him.2. Must I make a public confession at conversion?People know that you cannot be saved unless you

are born again. So you must confess Christ publiclybefore men. If you confess Him here He will confessyou before His Father in heaven (Luke 12 :8.) Thismeans that you must acknowledge Him.

3. What does it mean to confess Christ?If you confess that Jesus is the Christ you confess

that you believe in Him from your heart (Rom. 10 :19).When you believe on Him from your heart you beliJ:eeverything He said is true. You can't believe any ofHis word unless you believe all His Word. You believethat He was born of a Virgin. You believe on Hisatonement" that there is no other way for you to besaved. To believe on Him with your heart changesyour whole life. You become a new creature in Christ.Old things pass away and all things become new.

4. What does the Scripture mean in James 5:16,which says for us to confess our faults one to anotherthat e might be healed?

That means the same thing as the Scripture thatsays when you go to the altar and offer your gift andremember that your brother has ought against you,first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come

CHAPTER II

RESTITUTION

I was walking up the street not long ago and metsome good friends. There was no one in the world I

had more confidence in. We chatted. We talked aboutold times. They had been pastors of several churches.'They held some of the most successful revivals inhistory while they were on the evangelistic fields. Thisman and his wife are tops in my book.

You can imagine my surprise when this minister'swife handed me a five dollar bill and told me that shewanted to repay me for what she had slipped from mycash drawer a few years before!

I can appreciate her honesty, sincerity, and desireto keep things straight with the Lord. But I can alsoappreciate her embarrassment as she confessed thispetty action to me.

Was it necessary for her to do this? She thought so.She thought that she must do this in order to staysaved. That is why she did it, I'm sure. But had shebeen taught right? Did the Bible command her to dothis? Did the Lord condemn her, or did the peoplecause her to condemn herself? He that esteemeth any-thing to be wrong to him it is wrong (Rom. 14).

Since I did not have anything against her, did sheneed to confess it to me? I did not know about it.I did not hold anything against her. So she didn't needto ask me to forgive her for the action. As far as !am concerned she could have let it go as it were. I

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would have never known any difference. Maybe I wouldhave felt better.

As far as the Lord was concerned she did not haveto ask me to forgive her as I held nothing against her.If she felt like she were able to do so, and felt likeshe owed me five dollars, she could have given it tome, or mailed it to me, without telling me the details.

There Are Other IncidentsA minister came to us in the tent meeting and told

us that sometime before while he was taking care ofthe book table, he had taken some money, I believefourteen dollars. He said he was sorry. We were sorryto hear about it, for we highly esteemed him in theLord. We don't like for that thought to be in our mind,that tries to shatter our confidence in the minister'sintegrity.

If this minister had been told that he had to comeand tell us all about what he had done; if he believedthat was the only way for him to stay saved, thenthat was the thing for him to do. But what he didnot know was this: Since we did not know about himtaking the money from the book table, and since he wasstill taking care of the books for us, he could have putthe money back on the table just like he took it away.The money would have been restored. Since we didnot know about his thoughts and actions; since noone knew about what he did except the Lord, then theLord was the only one whom he needed to ask to for-give him.

Not long ago a preacher's wife mailed us five dollarsto repay what she had taken from the book table yearsago. It is good that she was willing to tell us and herhusband. But there are women who could not bringthemselves to reveal their weak points to their hus-bands and to other ministers. For their benefit I wishto say, since we did not even suspicion the lady woulddo such a thing, she could have asked the Lord toforgive her for what she had done. Then if she feltthat she were able and must restore the money, shecould have mailed us the five dollars. She was not

required to go into details and ask us to forgive herfor something when we did not hold anything againsther. Such teaching which she had received, and be-

lieved, will cause many people to' think it impossibleto make things right; therefore they will not try.The Lord is no hard taskmaster.

We need to stay with

What The Bible Teaches

The Old Law teaches restitution. In Moses' dayanyone who stole an oxen had to give five oxen for

one (Ex. 22 :1). A thief who stole because he washungry was commanded by solomon to restore sevenfold (Prov. 6 :30). .

But under the law people were killed for committingadultery (Lev. 20:10).

People were put to death for committing murder(Lev. 24-17), for cursing (Lev. 24:16). A man waskilled for picking up sticks on the Sabbath Day (Num.15 :35), or for being stubborn (Deut. 21 :'U).

A man was killed for going to a fortune teller (Lev.20:6).

If we were bound by the Old Testament law manyof us would have been condemned to die as soon aswe did the wrong. We would now be in hell.

The law of Grace supersedes the Law of Moses.

Our God Is Merciful

There was even mercy under the Old Law. We findthat there was a way provided, even under the law,for the man who was not able to restore what heshould restore (Lev. 25 :28).

For instance, when a man under the law committedmurder, he might run to the city of refuge to getaway from the avenger of blood who sought for hislife.

There was a way provided for the thief who wasnot able to restore what he had taken. If he was notable to restore sevenfold; if he had spent all that hehad; then he could give what he had in his house.(Prov. 6 :31).

Under this dispensation of Grace a man is expectedto do what he can. No one is expected to do what he

cannot do. You are not expected to do anything whenyou don't know what to do. He that knoweth to goodand does it not, to him it is sin.

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the woman to leave her children on the mercy of theworld and run around carefree, or , .. But Mrs. Q. didget saved and filled with the Holy Ghost, After tenyears she is still praying and living for GOod.

GOod old me to preach against marriage and divorce,but I am glad that He did not tell me to break up homesafter people have their lives mixed up to the placewhere they cannot restore things back to the placethey were before.

I do nQt know which husband Jesus told the womanat Samaria to live with. I am sure she could not undoall the damage she had done. But I do know that shepreached and won many people to Jesus. But the Phar-isees could not see that. They would have had herstoned if they had their way.

Every Case Not Alike

I don't keep the Lamb's Book of Life. God has notmade me a Judge of every man's case. Therefore, 1refuse to tell people what they have to do in everycase in order to be right with GOod. The Lord sometimesmolds people into a vessel of less honor. He said Hewould guide people into all truth. He can give thema Word of wisdom in each case.

NQt long ago a man came into my office and askedme why he eQuId not feel the presence Qf GOodanymQre.I opened my Bible and read. God revealed tOome thatthe man was nQt right with Him. I IQQked u p and said,"You are nQt living right. You must get right withGOod."

He said he did not knQw Qf anything he was dQingthat was a sin. He studied awhile and said it mightbe that the LQrd did not like it because he had lefthis wife. It was the first time I had ever seen the man.I fQund that, withQut any reason at all, he left a gQQdChristian wife and several children, and married an-other WQman. He saw that he. must return tOohis wifeand children tOobe right with the LQrd. In that casethat was the Qnly thing to dQ. But every case is nQtthat easily fixed. Other peQple are Involved also.

I Believe In Restitutionif it is PQssible. But I dQn't teach that GOodwill requireyQU tOodQ the impQssible. ThQusands Qf peQple tQdayare lost because they have been taught they cannQt

be saved unless they restore something. They knowthey cannot do it. SQ they are not saved, and maybenever will be.

After I had been saved about twenty-five years Idecided I would pay back a dollar I beat a man outof in a dry goods store when I was ten years old.He did not know anything about it. I told him the story.But I don't suggest that yQU tell the people in everycase what YQU have done. I could have just mailedthe man the dollar without explaining what it was for.That would have been making restitutions,

Mr. Phalen steals a cash register out of a grocerystore. Before daylight he is sorry for it and repents.He goes back that very night, crawls in at the samewindow, and replaces the cash register back in thesame SPQt. Some people would tell him he could notbe saved until he told the grocerrnan what he has done.He feels that he has replaced the cash register and

that he is right with the Lord. I'm not going to tryto convince him that he is not right.Why try tOoput the Lord

In A Straight Jacket?

He is sovereign. He can work like He wants to. IknQw that sQmetimes He leads a man tOocarry backwhat he has taken and explain everything to .theman he tQQk it from. In this way sOoulshave been won.

But in Qther cases, where the Lord sees that con-fidence will be lost, the souls will be driven fartherfrQm church, then He reserves the right to do whathe will with his Qwn. He can give you permissiQn torepay what you have taken, a little alQng as you areable. He can lead you whether or not to confess topeople whQ do not hold anything against yQU.

If you get saved and know that yQU owe a grocerybill, then the first thing you shQuld do is to gOoandarrange with that grocerrnan some satisfactory waythat yQU can pay him. In this way you may win him,or some Qf his friends tOothe LQrd. He will think mOoreof yQU. There is nQ Qther way arQund it. If yQU starttOopray and remember that he has a bill against YQU,then YQUmust by all means gOobe recQnciled tOohimbefore you can get a prayer through.

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CHAPTER III

They saw that He was compassionate, kind, merciful,and considerate. They saw how reasonable He is. Hedeals with His children as we would deal with ourchildren. There are certain things we would forgiveour children for, but he would not tell them to publishthose things in a newspaper, or stand and tell everyonein church about it.

The happy couple, who were now saved and married,went home with their sins under the blood, to never

be remembered against them any more - never.(The above account was taken (rom a true story as told by

a pastor of a large Full Gospel Church.)

P a s t o r P r o v e n I n n o c e n t

Not long ago a fine pastor was elected to a veryspiritual church. Things went good for awhile, butbefore many days there arose a friction among thepeople. During a real revival one of the deacons madethe remark that the evangelist would make a goodpastor at that church sometimes. The present pastordid not like it. He called a public confession meetingand demanded that each and everyone who heard orsaid anything concerning the evangelist becoming pas-tor sometime confess openly to all the church.

In this public confession meeting other things were"uncovered." The pastor was accused of some things,also the deacons were accused of saying things theyshould not. Several sisters arose and confessed thingswhich others sisters did years before.

Since the pastor failed to "straighten things out"he called the district officials from headquarters fora still more important confession meeting. In thisconfession meeting the pastor seemed to find the rootof the trouble and made the people confess. The pastorwas proven innocent. He cleared everything. He wasvoted in the church indefinitely. He was sure of thechurch from then on. He was in the right! All theaccusations were proven false!

But he was not in the right in having a public con-fession meeting at the beginning, before the unbe-lievers especially. There is a scar left on the church,which will not be lived down in this generation. Sinnersand members of other denominations refuse to attendthat church anymore. The Christians have become dis-couraged because they can't get people to come to

T r u e C o n f e s s i o n s

"Could you marry me?" asked John .._._. _to Rev. S."Marry who ? You?" asked Rev. S., as he showed a

look of surprise. "You have not divorced your wifehave you? 1 did not know that you were separated.Who are you marying ? My church does not permitme to marry anyone who has a living companion."

"Oh, you don't understand," answered John ."You see we have never been married in the first place.I have been living with her all these years withoutbeing married. We were both saved the other nightin a revival and now, after all these years we havedecided to be married. We have decided to confess andstraighten out our lives."

"I'll marry you," answered Rev. S. "1 appreciateyour consecration to the Lord. That is a wonderfulstart which you have made; but are you going to makeit public? Are you going to tell everybody?"

"We are told that we must do it in order to besaved. In a way we surely hate to do it. You know thatwe have six children already. We have one boy andone girl already married. We know that it will havea tremendous effect upon their Jives. We have firmlydecided to make it known. We have been battling thisthing for many years. We would have been saved sixyears ago at that camp meeting, when God Dealt withus, but we hated to make public our life of sin. Becauseof our children, our relatives and our neighbors' chil-dren we went on in sin."

Rev. S. thought for awhile. Then he said slowlyand strongly, "I am going to perform your ceremony,but you are not going to tell anyone. I'll fix it so it willnot be published. You will not help anything if youtell people about it. You might cause much harm anddanger for years to come. You have confessed it to theLord. No one else holds anything against you, towhom you can confess.'

Rev. S. united the two together as man and wife.They went to their home newly saved and newly mar-ried. They appreciated the Lord when He forgave themof their sins; but after talking to the wise minister theyunderstood that the Lord was more than just a Saviour.

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church. Many people are now in hell, lifting theirboney hands, which could have been won to God hadthe pastor sought God for a word of wisdom, if theyhad not dug up things which had ben buried for years!

Why could he not see that the people who knewnothing about the trouble, who had perfect confidencein the church, who had been won to that church byblood, sweat and tears, should have never known any-thing about the quarrel between the pastor and onedeacon at the beginning?

It was not fair to those young converts to opena public fuss, and that behind the sacred desk.

This pastor still likes to tell people about the factthat he was. proven innocent. I am glad that he isinnocent. But if he cannot pastor a church withoutcalling the officials, and stirring up a public stink,that tears up that which cannot be built back in twentyyears, he would be better plowing corn!

(Taken from a true story of a church that waslarge and spiritual at one time.)

How To Confess

Must I go and ask someone to forgive me, if hehas something against me, after I am saved or before?When I go and ask forgiveness how must I do it?

Many people are bound by tradition. As long as youbelieve that you must ask forgiveness from yourneighbor before you can be saved, then it is accordingto your faith be it unto you. You cannot be saved untilyou ask forgivenes, because you will not believe itany other way.

But if you only knew what the Bible teaches youwould not have to go to anyone first. You ask the Lordfor forgiveness and receive it, and then the Lord willcleanse you from all unrighteousness (I John 1 :9).

If you are already saved then you must be recon-ciled with your brother before you get your prayersthrough (Matt. 5).

This does not always mean that you must be boundto say a certain thing. Some people think you areforced to go and say, "Will you please forgive me?"I have seen people who said that and still be cold,

formal, and hold their distance. From their heart theyhave not forgiven. Their actions are the same.

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There are people who will go to their wife, husband.neighbor, or friend, and just smile a time or two andit is all over! They are reconciled again. For monthsafter we maried I could ask my wife to forgive me,yet I would not feel just right nor act just right. Therewas yet a feehng there. But when my wife had some-thing against me should could just clasp my hand, lookup and smile, and I knew that everything was gonefrom her heart! We were reconciled without her say-ing a word.

After my wife was saved, when she was a teen-ager,she started to her sister-in-law to ask her to forgiveher for some old trouble. Instead of saying, "Will youplease forgive me?" she broke down and cried and said,"I love you." All was over. They were reconciled.

Yet there are some people who will say, "Bless God:that man can never be saved, or be right with Goduntil he asks me to forgive him." If you have said thatplease remember two things: (1) The Bible says forthe strong to bear the infirmities of the weak. You goto him for reconcilation. (2) There are many waysthat he may be reconciled to you without saying cer-tain words with his mouth. He may just give you afirm hand clasp. He may bring you some ice creamor some turnip greens. If you feel badly maybe he doesnot. Maybe he could fix up everything if you wouldjust send him a nice birthday present or fix him achicken dinner. At any rate be led by the Lord. I'msure God will give you a word of wisdom what to do.When you say that he must come to you and ask forforgiveness that proves that you hold somethingagainst him, that you have not forgiven.

Mr. A. Kills A Man

Mr. A. had trouble with his neighbor, who insultedhim every time he had a chance. He would curseMr. A.'s children and at one time slandered his wife.One day he came down to his place and threatened himbecause he could not let his calves stay in Mr. A.'scorn patch.

One day as the two men met Mr. A. killed his neigh-bor.

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about his past life. He did not let anyone know aboutthe incident, although it bore heavily upon his mind.He lay awake at night and could not sleep. When some-one talked to him he looked into space as if he werethinking about something afar off. He could not bearto think that he had become a murderer!

Mr. A. had been reared to go to church and to believein the Lord. If he could only recall those days he would

almost rather be killed than to kill. But there was noway to undo what he had done!

He and his family became interested in our church,of which I was the pastor. He became interested inme as a friend, even when I was in his new businesshe had opened up down town. A time or two he andI went fishing together? We had a barbecue at ourplace once or twice.

One day as we were riding down the road togetherin a car we were talking in general. Then our con-versation was turned to how people should live, and the

advantages of being a Christian. Then I learned thatMr. A. had never been saved. I felt that there wassomething in his life that he was holding back, but Idid not have the words to say to help him. But I darednot push him too hard. My wife and I prayed for himthat night.

In a few days Mr. A. and his tine family came toour revival meeting. It was at a night service. TheEvangelist spoke on a very simple subject that nightjust a few minutes. He talked about how reasonablethe Lord was, that God would not ask us to do the

impossible. He compared the Lord to an earthly fatherwho would pity his children.

Mr. A. did not go to the prayer room, or make anykind of outward action which would show to us thathe was interested. But he kept moving on his seatand looking into space as if he were nervous. Afterservice I walked by him as I shook hands with thevisitors. He stopped me and called me to one side andtold me he would like to speak to me privately. This Iwas happy to do, fOTI desired to help him, as he looked,by this time, as if he were under deep conviction.

As we entered the prayer room he stopped andstarted to go back to his wife, his two boys and a girlwho were waiting. The tine boys were school age and

his girl was a senior that year. Then the man asked ifhe could trust me with something that was solutelysecret! Of course, I told him that I was not worthyto be called a minister if I could not be trusted tokeep his name completely secret of any importantproblem. He trusted me.

"I was always taught to go to church by my par-ents," he began. "My mother and and dad both prayed

for me very much that I would live an honest, upright,Christian life. But I have strayed from their teaching.I do want to be saved, but because of my wife, andchildren I can never.' '

"There is nothing impossible with the Lord. He isreasonable. He will not ask the impossible. There is asolution to every problem," I assured him.

"Yes, but my case is different from all others," re-plied the miserable neighbor. "It will do no good to talkit over with you; so I'll never mention it."

Mr. A. started for the door, with his hat in his

hand. and his eyes cast down at the floor. Then hesat down.

"Here Is My Story,"

began Mr. A. slowly, with silence between sentences."I can never be saved, for I am a murderer, and nomurderer hath eternal life abiding in him accordingto the Scriptures. Because I was afraid of a man Ikilled him. I was angry when I did it."

I assured Mr. A. that the Lord would even forgivehim for being a murderer, that anyone could come tothe Lord who was willing, for the Bible says whoso-ever will may come (Rev. 22: 17).

Then he dropped to his knees and surrendered tothe Lord. It was not hard for him to do, for he wasready.

He had made the consecration. He arose to his feetwith a determined look. Then he began talking positive-ly. "Everything is all right between me and the Lord.I am going to tell my wife what I have done. I knowit will mean much, for she will have no way of support.She can sell the business and have what is left afterthe indebtedness is all cleared. I have a little insurance.The boys can quit school and work some in order tomake a living. I don't mind giving my life in the

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electric chair nor giving myself up to the law. I don'tcare for myself, but it is hard for me to think myboys and girl will go through life facing the publicwith them knowing all this. But by the grace of GodI am willing!"

"What do you mean?" I asked, as I prayed for wis-dom and guidance.

"I mean I killed a man in cold blood, that my lifewill be given for his," he said.

He went home. But I did not sleep much. I prayed forwisdom and guidance. I rolled on the bed. My wife triedto find out my trouble, the reason I could not sleep,but no, I told God alone!

When morning came I felt I had an answer from theLord. I felt I had a message burning on my heart. Istepped to the phone and told Mr. A. I wanted to seehim before breakfast. He let his wife open his business,and met me at the church.

He looked about like I felt. His eyes were red. Hehad not slept. But he had peace in his soul.

"Who have you wronged?" I asked him as I lookedhim straight in the eye. I felt as bold as a lion, as Ifelt the anointing of the Lord.

"The neighbor I killed," he said."Is there any way you can help him now?""There is no way.""Is there any way you can help his folk?""No, they do not know I did it."Then I said, "Let me tell you. And listen to me -

First, does your wife know it- Have you told yourfamily yet 1"

"No.""If you tell your wife, it will be too much for her to

bear. If you tell your fine boys and your girl theywill never be the same. It won't be fair to them. If youtell the man's folk you will make them hate you. Theywill want to kill you. You will make murderers ofthem, at heart. It might take their souls to hell. If youtell the officials \hey will send you to prison andprobably to death. You can't help anyone that way,especially after you are dead." Then I thought of astory in the Bible. I told him about Moses, how hekilled a man, ran away from home into a far country,how he stayed on the back side of a dessert. He had

fellowship with the Lord. He saw Gods' miracles. Hewalked on holy ground. God used him, even withouthis going back and confessing. The man he wrongedwas dead.

Moses was used by the Lord to lead millions of peo-ple for God's service!

Mr. A. saw the point! That was enough. The truthwas burned into his heart. God accepted a willing mindas he did Abraham. God knew his heart.

In his heart Mr. A. had the assurance. Mr. A. hadbecome Brother A.

The grace of God had superceded the law which says"an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth!" God hadtaken care of what Brother A could not do. It seemsthat Brother A. loves God more than most people,and even more than he would had he been forced tomake public his sins which were now under the blood.It seems that he understands more about the abundantmercy, love, compassion, and understanding of ourLord. He sees that God is a reasonable God.

When you look through a red glass at a red objectit will appear white. When God looks at our sinsthrough the blood of Jesus they appear white as snow.

'~COME NOW, And let us REASON together, saiththe Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shallbe white as snow; though they be red like crimson,they shall be as wool" (Isa. 1-18).

(Taken from a true story told by a leadingpastor of the nation.)

Positive Confession

When we come together why can't we confess posi-tive things and say what God says instead of sayingwhat the devil says? We cannot help anyone until heconfesses what God says.

The devil says that you can't get healed, that youare growing worse. The doctor says that there is nocure for you. You suffer with your nerves, head, back,and stomach. You can stand in church and confess allthese things, but that will get you nowhere.

The Lord says that He bore your sickness away onthe cross; by His stripes you are healed. He says, "I amthe Lord that healeth thee." He says, after hands arelaid on you, that you shall recover. You can confess

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these things. That wiJ1 get you somewhere! You havewhat you say, whether you say what God says or whatthe devil says (Matt. 11 :23).

Negative ConfessionI know of a fine gentleman, who was a Sunday School

Supermtendent. God was blessing in a wonderful way!But he had been taught that he must confess everyweakness he had. One day he went to the pastor's wifeand told her that he had a confession to make to her.He told her that he had been thinking too much of her,that he wanted her to forgive him. She did.

But she could not get this off of her mind. She beganto think about him. She thought to be right she mustconfess to him: She told him that she had been havingcertain thoughts about him. He forgave her freely.But both of them found that to confess something,whether it is weakness or strength, it makes it moreso. Nothing is so bad or good but talking about itmakes it more so.

Soon their thoughts came so thick and heavy it took

all their time confessing to each other. Soon they werecaught in a room together confessing how much theyliked each other.

They had the doors locked.Since they believed in confessing their secret

thoughts they decided to go confess to the pastor ofthat fine church. They told him they had decided thatthey could not overcome, that they wanted a divorce.The pastor backslid and drank himself drunk.

Not knowing what to do.the pastor, the pastor's wife,and the superintendent all went to the high churchofficials, who had a "confession meeting." Soon every-one was confessing those people's weakness to the peo-ple they met.

Believe that you are what God says you are. Confessthat you are what God says you are. And then youwill become what you confess. He says you are com-plete in Him, that you have power over all the powerof the devil, that no good thing He will withhold fromthem that walk uprightly, that he forigves all youriniquities and heals all your diseases (Ps. 103: 1-3).

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